Northern hill tea photo shortlisted for award

A photo featuring a tea hill in the northern province of Phu Tho by photographer Vu Trung Huan has been selected among 26 shortlisted entries for the Weather Photographer of the Year 2020 award.
Northern hill tea photo shortlisted for award ảnh 1Vu Trung Huan's entry featuring Long Coc Tea Hill in Phu Tho province. (Photo photocrowd.com)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A photo featuring a tea hill in the northern province of Phu Tho byphotographer Vu Trung Huan has been selected among 26 shortlisted entries forthe Weather Photographer of the Year 2020 award.

The vote will be from August 21 to September 25 hosted by theorganisers, the UK's Royal Meteorological Society and Accuweather.

The annual contest provides a platform for the world’s best weatherphotography.

The event attracted more than 7,700 entries by 2,600 photographers all over theworld.

Most of the entries depict the effects of weather on people’slife, landscape and nature. The winning photos will be printed on theorganisers’ calendar.

Huan’s photo depicts Long Coc hill of tea in Tan Son district, Phu Tho province,which is covered with a light blanket of fog early in the morning when thefirst sunlight shines on the area, creating impressive light effects.

The contest gathers famed judgesincluding Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal MeteorologicalSociety; Gareth Mon Jones, winner of Weather Photographer of the Year2019; Matt Clark, photo editor of RMetS Weather magazine; MarkBoardman, owner of StormHour Ltd and Jesse Ferrell, social media managerat AccuWeather.

Ferrell said: “I have no doubt that this year’s entries will be made evenmore special due to the ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19, but thepassion spent on this effort provides some respite from that storm and areminder of the beauty that weather surrounds us with.”/.
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